Meter-shelf.



S. SCHWARTZ.

METER SHELF.

APPLIonIoN Imm 11,111.26, 1910.

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NITE) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIG-MUNI) SCHARTZ, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO VAN E. BRITTON, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

METER-SHELF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20. 1910.

Application filed March 26, 1910. Serial No. 551,788.

To all whom it may concern:

Y Be it known that I, SIGMUND SCHWARTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Meter-Shelves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a bracket support especially adapted for the support o gas meters, and which is known as a meter snpport.

It consists of a specially formed bracket adapted to be secured to walls in any suitable or desired position for the purpose of enabling gas meters to be placed in the most convenient positions.

It also consists in the combination of curved and straight members so united as to form a suiliciently rigid support for meters of all kinds, such as cylindrical, horizontal, or substantially rectangular, which is the form of a great majority of meters as'now constructed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A is the main memberot' the device which consists of a strip of sufficiently stift' iron bent into a semi-segmental, or semi-circular form, having the ends 2 perforated and adapted to receive bolts by which these ends may be secured to any wall, post, or other convenient support.

3 is the brace member, the lower end of which is bent so as to stand substantially parallel, and in approximately the plane of the bent ends 2 of the member A. The upper end of the member 3 is riveted, or otherwise secured to the central portion of the segment A. The curvature of the segment is such that a meter of the ordinary rectangular construction, such as is shown at 4, will rest upon the segmentAwith a sutlicient number of bearings to make it a solid suport.

Other meters of diii'erent forms, such as cylindrical, with horizontal or vertical axes, are equally well supported upon brackets of this kind, one advantage ot' which is that there will be a free circulation of air which will prevent any deposit of moisture, as when a shelf is employed, and in which case the moisture rapidly attacks and destroys the metal of the meter.

These brackets may be made of 1x1/8, or other convenient size of iron, which may be either galvanized or plain iron, blackened so as to resist the attack of moisture, which is very liable to occur in basements and damp, dark places where meters are usually located.

The form of this bracket is such that a great number of them are economically nested and packed for transportation, with comparatively little expense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- A bracket adapted to be secured to a wall and to support a meter, said bracket consisting of a piece ot flat metal bent into segmental form and with its ends bent to stand in a plane parallel with the wall to which the bracket. is secured, said piece of metal being edgewise disposed and having its upper edge forming a support for the outer angles of the bottom of the meter, and a brace member having its opposite ends bent in reverse directions, one of said ends being secured to the central portion of the Segmental piece and the other end portion being adapted to be secured to the wall.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Y witnesses.

SIGMU ND SCHWARTZ.

Vitnesses R. B. Goomn, A. H. CAINE. 

